Stock Market Highlights, Aug 20: Sensex rises 378 pts, Nifty nears 24,700; all but FMCG rise | News on Markets

Closing Bell on Tuesday, August 20: Benchmark indices maintained their winning ways on Tuesday aided by a strong rally in financial and information technology (IT) shares.

The BSE Sensex index ended at 80,803 levels, up 378 points or 0.47 per cent. The NSE Nifty50, meanwhile, settled at 24,698.85, up 126 points or 0.5 per cent. 

Bajaj Finserv, IndusInd Bank, Tech M, Bajaj Finance, Kotak Bank, and Axis Bank were the top large-cap gainers, rising up to 3.3 per cent.

In the broader markets, the BSE MidCap and SmallCap indices closed 0.98 per cent and 0.52 per cent higher, respectively. 

Among sectors, the Nifty PSU Bank index gained the most, adding 1.68 per cent on the NSE, followed by the Nifty Financial Services index (up 1.1 per cent), and the Nifty IT index (0.81 per cent).